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Registration: 06.09.2026

Paolo Villella

Specialization: Agile Delivery Manager
— Technology professional with 25+ years of experience across software development, mobile applications, small games and digital products. — Started as a Java developer and later moved into technical coordination and delivery roles. Strong technical foundation, with a particular interest in software products, interactive applications and education technology. — Available for fully remote roles.
— Technology professional with 25+ years of experience across software development, mobile applications, small games and digital products. — Started as a Java developer and later moved into technical coordination and delivery roles. Strong technical foundation, with a particular interest in software products, interactive applications and education technology. — Available for fully remote roles.

Portfolio

3D Point-and-Click Adventure Game

Developed a full-fledged 3D point-and-click adventure game in C# using Unity for a small Italian municipality. Designed the game concept and complete screenplay, including characters, dialogues and puzzles.

X2TV Interactive TV Platform

Scrum Master responsible for product release scheduling for a distributed team of 9 software engineers, designers and testers working on an interactive TV platform for iOS, Android, Web and Facebook.

JEsthetic IDE

Developed a proprietary Integrated Game Development Environment for creating and playing games and interactive stories. Worked on the editor/player architecture, resource editors, 2D animation tools, adventure editor and build system.

Skills

Java
C#
Unity3D
Agile/Scrum
Jira
Confluence
Slack
Mobile Application Development
Game Development
Project Management
Technical Leadership
Software Development
Backlog Management
Release Management

Work experience

Agile Delivery Manager
07.2016 - 08.2026 |BVGroup
Jira, Confluence, Slack, Agile/Scrum
● Coordinated cross-functional teams delivering real-time digital products with regular releases and live operations. ● Supported delivery predictability and release stability through structured planning and backlog management. ● Managed sprint planning, execution, and releases in distributed, remote environments. ● Worked within regulated, high-availability systems, collaborating closely with Product and Engineering.
Agile Project Manager
07.2013 - 06.2016 |Odobo
Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, Backlog Management
● Coordinated internal teams and external development studios across multiple projects. ● Maintained backlogs and user stories in collaboration with Product Owners and development teams. ● Produced delivery KPIs and Jira-based reports to support release planning and stakeholder updates.
Technical Leader / Project Manager
05.2008 - 06.2013 |Assist Beeweeb
Mobile Application Development, B2B, Project Management, Cross-functional Teams
● Delivered multiple B2B mobile application projects from concept to production. ● Coordinated cross-functional teams across full mobile application lifecycles. ● Integrated mobile solutions with third-party platforms for international clients. ● Led a small engineering team, achieving ~50% operational cost reduction.
Head of Mobile Games Area
09.2003 - 04.2008 |One Italia
J2ME, Mobile Game Development, Game Publishing, Game Development, Mobile Platforms
● Managed mobile game publishing and in-house game development for the Gameplanet portal. ● Coordinated third-party studios and internal teams for mobile game delivery. ● Contributed to defining a structured publishing pipeline for Java-based mobile games.
Mobile Games Developer
05.2000 - 08.2003 |Ludonet
Java, Mobile Game Development, Gameplay Logic, Performance Optimization
● Designed and developed Java mobile games for a wide range of handsets. ● Worked on gameplay logic, performance optimisation and development tooling.
JAVA Developer & Teacher
01.1998 - 04.2000 |PIgreco Data
Java, Software Development, Programming Education
● Developed Java applications for research purposes. ● Conducted Java programming courses for staff retraining.

Educational background

Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree)
2000 - 2006
University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Languages

ItalianNativeEnglishUpper IntermediateSpanishUpper Intermediate